lantern slide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lantern slide
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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In his downtime he would travel by horse and buggy across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with what he called his "exhibition": a new-fangled Edison phonograph, a magic lantern slide projector and later on, movies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
It’s a magic lantern slide that was shown to patients, like a sort of early Rorschach inkblot.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2017
These autochrome plates produced a unique image that could then be processed into a lantern slide or a four-color print.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
Through motion picture and lantern slide shows and circulating collections, curators last year reached another 40,000,000 minds.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lantern slide is a glass plate, coated with slow and extremely fine-grained emulsion.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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